Apostle

Letter of James, also called Epistle of St. James the Apostle, abbreviation James, New Testament writing addressed to the early Christian churches (“to the twelve tribes in the dispersion”) and attributed to James, a Christian Jew, whose identity is disputed. Does Jesus have a brother? Jesus’ brothers and sisters TheRead More →

The name Jacob comes from the Biblical story of Jacob’s birth where he came out holding the heel of his twin brother, Esau. … It is a cognate of James, derived from Late Latin Iacobus, from Greek Ἰάκωβος Iakobos, from Hebrew יַעֲקֹב‎ (Yaʿqob), the name of the Hebrew patriarch, JacobRead More →